"My dad (Archie) always talked about, 'You got to get back to zero. Get back to level zero,' " Manning said. "You got to erase the play from your mind, a good play or a bad play, and move on to the next one."

The interceptions partly were a sign of an increasingly aggressive Broncos offense, and Manning did put those miscues out of his mind. He threw a laser up the sideline for a 45-yard vertical pass to Demaryius Thomas. Even on third-and-long, Denver is staying very aggressive.

The Bengals did a laudable job coming back from a 17-3 deficit to briefly take the lead, but their offense simply isn't explosive enough. Andy Dalton doesn't see much separation from his receivers other than A.J. Green, and on Sunday, he too often was indecisive and took sacks. The Bengals are 3-5 and looking increasingly irrelevant in the AFC playoff picture.